Midnight Sun

I originally read Midnight Sun at work in a cubicle after downloading the draft Stephanie Meyer posted on her website when a copy of it had been leaked. I finished it in one sitting and I enjoyed it very much. As things tend to go, this is not much like the draft. I've read Stephanie Meyer's entire bibliography. I'm a fan. I try not to be biased, but I am. My favorite of her work is The Host and my least favorite is the Chemist. A lot of me wants to be defensive about the negative reviews and shame them, but that wouldn't be constructive or a good review. Midnight Sun is a large book. It took longer to read than the original Twilight and much longer than the draft. The paragraph structure is larger as well. But, in typical Stephanie Meyer style, it's very easy to read. She throws in some thesaurus words this time, but it's not frequent enough to derail the ease of reading. It feels to me that if this were to go through one more edit to reduce the size by even 1 or 2 more percent it'd be perfect, but I'm not mad it didn't happen. I enjoyed the longer book and time in this fictional story and did not want it to end. There was one paragraph that was difficult to read and it seems like it should have been picked up by the editor. There was also a sentence with the "He He" pronouns next to each other that should have been caught. No big deal though. Stephanie Meyer brings in some of her action chops she developed with the Chemist and there are a few detailed action scenes. She goes into a lot of detail and they are very fun in how outrageous they are. If I did have complaints about the book it would be that from when James begins the hunt to the epilogue feels rushed. This is where the small editing errors are and there's even a weird new thing with Jasper that feels out of place and shoe horned in. If I were to edit the story I would remove that new Jasper thing. What Stephanie Meyer does well is she addresses a lot of the plot holes, elaborates, and is consistent with the new perspective. For example, one of the things that I found brilliant was the new answers to questions when Bella and Edward get to know each other. If it were Bella she'd have not felt her answers were important, but with Edward her answers are given instead of just saying that he asked her questions about things. I'm explaining it poorly, but I thought the way it was done was great. Alice's huge plot whole of an ability is explained very well and in detail. There were no unanswered questions for me after reading Midnight Sun. It completes the Twilight story. A new reader could read Midnight Sun and skip Twilight, but they may be disappointed to go read Twilight after Midnight Sun and it would be a big shift going into New Moon from Midnight Sun. You'd probably have more sympathy for Jacob in New Moon. I recommend this book if you liked the series. Sometimes it's popular to hate on the popular, but this is a good romance and people do act this way even if it's not the ideal you have in your head. Love makes you break the rules and be stupid. I bought the Hardcover edition. It came scuffed a bit on the sleeve, but the binding held up well to my first read and the pages/ink were pretty good. Not thick quality stuff, though.

I just finished Midnight Sun, after starting the Twilight Saga in 2008 as a teenager, after waiting and hoping for years for this book to come out, after believing it never would. The worst part of this novel is the fact that I cannot read the rest of the saga from Edward's point of view. Not only is it entertaining to see more of his family, but it is eye opening to see Edward's take on things. His point of view is far more interesting than Bella's and I could feel all of his emotions - his pain and morality grappling, his elation at being in love, and the darkness at the end when he decided he will have to leave her. Knowing how the saga plays out, all of these emotions are heightened and I felt like I should shout at him through the pages. Because Bella internalizes so much in her point of view throughout the saga, I never realized how much she smiled or laughed or how kind she was until seeing it through Edward's point of view. That was just the review of my 18 year old self being enthralled and believing this book was worth the wait. As an adult reading YA (and as an English major), I am impressed with the message that comes out of Midnight Sun and Twilight when compared side-by-side. Relationships are hard. There will always be one or both people in a relationship who read into things wrong, make assumptions about what the other person is thinking/doing, and make what they think is the best decision (even when it's not). Midnight Sun and Twilight take those relationship roller coasters and intensifies it with the staggering power of first love as well as the heavy supernatural aspect. To read both and see exactly how Edward and Bella misunderstand each other while unconditionally loving each other is a more intense version of relationship adversities. Yes, these books are meant to be an escape with characters providing a romance story. They aren't The Great Gatsby or any other classic work of art with huge themes. But (especially after reading Midnight Sun), I don't see how anyone can throw this story away as being dangerous for teenage girls or for saying Edward's character is a predator. You see his character and his own self-deprecation, just as you saw Bella's love and understanding about who he is (as well as his family's thoughts to support it). If you aren't Team Edward after this book, maybe you should put the saga away and quit whining about it.

Love the twilight series so I decided to get midnight sun and its so good. The book came unscathed, love it!!

I'm not a big Twilight fan, but the books were not bad. I read the first 12 chapters back in the early 2010s on Stephenie Meyer's site after they were leaked. I have been waiting for her to feel like finishing it. I read the Twilight series for light reading, its nothing super amazing, but I'm also a hopeless romantic so it pulled me in. The second time I read the series I felt like the chapters were going to take so long to go through because before Edward showed up the pages just didn't pull me in, once Edward appeared I craved to read the next words, the next things he would say. That is why, even though I'm not a big Twilight fan, I love Midnight Sun. It's all through Edward's point of view. It must have been hard creating a storyline, but having to review back to Twilight to make sure the sentences, the feelings, the thoughts all matched up. If you were a casual fan, who enjoyed Edward or a Twihard fan YOU will enjoy this book. It also helps to understand why Robert Pattinson played Edward the way he did...(mind you still not good acting. CEDRIC DIGGORY FOR THE WIN)

the book cover has dents and the actual pages have fingerprints on the side 😭😭

Thoroughly enjoyed! Would like to see the other books also from Edward’s point of view!

Guys this was so good. You get insight into ALL of Edwards thought about all the events that happened. Personally I loved this book and would definitely recommend 🤩